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The Human Species: An Introduction to Biological Anthropology

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Summary

This general introduction to contemporary physical anthropology presents balanced coverage of the major components of the field: genetics and evolutionary theory, human variation, human evolution, and the biology, behavior, and evolution of primates.

Table of Contents

Preface

v

PART I Evolution and Diversity in Human Populations

1

(160)

The Study of Biological Anthropology

3

(26)

What Is Anthropology?

4

(6)

Biology and Culture

4

(2)

Variation

6

(1)

Evolution

6

(1)

Adaptation

6

(2)

The Subfields of Anthropology

8

(2)

Special Topic: Biological Anthropologists at Work

10

(2)

Science and Evolution

12

(15)

Characteristics of Science

13

(1)

The Development of Evolutionary Theory

14

(8)

Evidence for Evolution

22

(2)

Science and Religion

24

(3)

Summary

27

(1)

Supplemental Readings

27

(2)

Human Genetics

29

(35)

Molecular Genetics

30

(8)

DNA: The Genetic Code

30

(5)

Chromosomes and Genes

35

(3)

Mendelian Genetics

38

(13)

Genotypes and Phenotypes

40

(3)

Predicting Offspring Distributions

43

(2)

Chromosomes and Inheritance

45

(2)

The Genetics of Complex Physical Traits

47

(4)

Mutations

51

(4)

Evolutionary Significance of Mutations

51

(1)

Types of Mutations

52

(2)

Rates of Mutations

54

(1)

Special Topic: PCR and Ancient DNA

55

(1)

Genetics and Behavior

56

(1)

Summary

57

(1)

Supplemental Readings

58

(1)

Cell Biology: A Review

59

(5)

Principles of Microevolution

64

(29)

Population Genetics

64

(5)

Definitions of Population

64

(1)

Genotype and Allele Frequencies

65

(2)

Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium

67

(2)

Evolutionary Forces

69

(21)

Mutation

69

(1)

Natural Selection

70

(8)

Genetic Drift

78

(5)

Gene Flow

83

(3)

Interaction of the Evolutionary Forces

86

(4)

Special Topic: Tay-Sachs Disease: Genetic Drift or Natural Selection?

90

(1)

Nonrandom Mating

90

(1)

Summary

91

(1)

Supplemental Readings

92

(1)

The Study of Human Variation

93

(23)

Measuring Human Variation

93

(6)

Biochemical Variation

94

(4)

Complex Trait Variation

98

(1)

The Racial Approach to Variation

99

(8)

The Biological Concept of Race

100

(1)

Problems with the Concept of Race

100

(7)

The Evolutionary Approach to Variation

107

(6)

The Analysis of Gene Flow and Genetic Drift

108

(2)

The Analysis of Natural Selection

110

(3)

Special Topic: Genetics, Race, and IQ

113

(2)

Summary

115

(1)

Supplemental Readings

115

(1)

Human Microevolution

116

(26)

Case Studies of Gene Flow and Genetic Drift

116

(4)

Social Organization and Genetics of South American Indians of the Rain Forest